How many people didn't get jobs?

Re: How many people didn't get jobs?

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:52:01 +0000

Area: Developmental/Cognitive/Neuroscience
Position: Post-doc
Institution Rank: Top 25
PhD Degree: 2006
Total Pubs: 10 (5 first author) + 3 submitted
Applications: 54 (yes, that is correct!)
Interviews: 9 on-campus (8 for TT & 1 VAP)
Offers: 1 (FINALLY!; at a less-than-my-ideal fit, but its a job)

Re: How many people didn't get jobs?

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:17:57 +0000

Yes, people should really take some of this despair with a grain of salt. Many of the people listing here may be applying to top R1 schools with only a post-doc record, no K awards, etc. It's going to be VERY difficult to get into a top school with that kind of record.
People are getting jobs….it may not be your dream job, but you have to start somewhere. Unless you like the miserable pay that a post-doc offers :-)

Re: How many people didn't get jobs?

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:46:27 +0000

Area: Developmental/Educational/HDFS
Position: Post-doc
Institution Rank: Top 25
PhD Degree: 2006
Total Pubs: 8 (4 first author, 3 second author, 1 third author) + 3 submitted
Applications: 17
Interviews: 6 (2 phone interviews only, 4 on site interviews)
Offers: 1

Re: How many people didn't get jobs?

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:55:44 +0000

Area: Behavioral Neuroscience
Position: Post-doc
Institution Rank: Good (Top 50 and Top 20 respectively)
PhD Degree: 2005
Total Pubs: 15 (7 first author) + 5 in prep/submitted
Applications: 18
Interviews: 2
Offers: 0

FYI—Was told by multiple departments that they were only interviewing people that could come with grant money and they could afford to be picky because the pool was so competitive. Bleck.

Re: How many people didn't get jobs?

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:06:41 +0000

I was the second poster in this thread (social and neuroscience) and although I got interviews at both R1 and Masters level institutions, my offer was at a Masters level institution.

Re: How many people didn't get jobs?

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:49:45 +0000

To all social people who posted here:

Given your publication record, did you apply to schools like USC, Oregon, Maryland, Dartmouth, Harvard, U-Chicago, Brown, Texas A & M, Wisconsin, Willamette, Ohio, Ohio State, Boston College, Denver, Toronto, Penn State? Or you considered and applied to Masters level institutions/SLACs as well? All of you have a really outstanding publication record, so maybe Slacs/masters levels schools would have offered you TT positions…

Re: How many people didn't get jobs?

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:20:45 +0000

Area: Social
Position: Post-doc
Institution Rank: Good, Top 10, 20 maybe, (grad and postdoc)
Ph.D. Degree: 2008
Total Pubs: 9 (4 first authored) plus 5 under review (all first authored)
Applications sent out: 12
Interviews/Offers/Sparkle of Interest by Anyone: nada

Re: How many people didn't get jobs?

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:09:43 +0000

Area: Developmental (socio-emotional, family)
Position: Second year in Post-doc
Institution Rank: Top 20 (grad and postdoc)
Ph.D. Degree: 2008
Total Pubs: 12 papers (4 first-author) + 4 book chapters + 2 first-author papers under review
Grants: predoctoral NRSA
Interviews/Offers: ZERO :(

(I applied to 20 places)

Re: How many people didn't get jobs?

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:41:24 +0000

Area: Social
Position: ABD
Institution Rank: Top 25? (Not sure)
Ph.D. Degree: Expected 2010
Total Pubs: 17 (6 first-authored)
Phone Interviews: 1
Campus Interviews: 1
Offers: 0

Re: How many people didn't get jobs?

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:26:20 +0000

I am hoping to get an offer soon from a public R1 I just visited this week - I am keeping my fingers crossed!

Area: Developmental
Position: Postdoc
Current Institution Rank: Top 10
Ph.D. Degree: 2007
Total Pubs: 13 (7 first author and 2 more currently under review)
Interviews: 5
Offers: 2 VAPs

Re: How many people didn't get jobs?

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:57:54 +0000

Area: Social
Position: Visiting Ass. Prof.
Institution Rank: Top 25? (how does one find this out?)
Ph.D. Degree: 2007
Total Pubs: 11 (6 first-authored)
Interviews: 2
Offers: 1

Re: How many people didn't get jobs?

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:32:29 +0000

Area: Social
Position: Postdoc
Institution Rank: Top 5 (grad and postdoc)
Ph.D. Degree: 2008
Total Pubs: 21 (14 first-authored)
Interviews: 2

Re: How many people didn't get jobs?

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:28:27 +0000

I applied selectively for only a handful of jobs this year, so I didn't expect much success. This fall I'll be doing a more comprehensive search.

Area: Cognitive
Position: Postdoc
Institution Rank: Top 25 (grad and postdoc)
Ph.D. Degree: 2008
Total Pubs: 18 (13 first-authored)
Interviews: 0

Re: How many people didn't get jobs?

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:52:09 +0000

For what it's worth:

Area: Social and Neuroscience
Position: Postdoc
Institution Rank: Top 5 (both grad and postdoc)
Ph.D. Degree: 2006
Total Pubs: 17 (8 first authored)
Interviews: 4
Offers: 1

How many people didn't get jobs?

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:23:52 +0000

If there are really 200 applications per job I'm wondering if that means that 150+ people are unemployed (or maybe employed people are just trying to move up to better schools). I'm also wondering what other applicants' qualifications look like, for example:

Area: Social
Position: Grad
Current Institution Rank: Top 100
Ph.D. Degree: 2010
Total Pubs: 11
Interviews: 1